Hammock.



No. 695,374. Patented Maj". Il, |902.

Z. L. CHADBURNE.

HAMMOCK.

lApplication tiled Oct. 10, 1901);

(No Model.)

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UNITED Srarns ZEBULON L. OIIADBOURNE, OF NEW BRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 695,374, dated March 11 1902.

Application filed October 10, 1901. Serial No. 78,208. (No model.) Y

l'o all whom t may concern! Be it known that I, ZEBULON L. CHAD- BOURNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Brighton, in the county ofRichmond and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to Mexican mesh hammocks, such as described in my allowed application for patent, Serial No. 32,147.

In Weaving the Mexican mesh by means of my improved loom, for which applications for patents, Serial Nos. 59,118 and 66,792, have been filed, a continuous strip of the mesh of any length can be woven, of which any num' ber of hammocks can bemade by severing the strip transversely. When a piece of the fabric of suitable length for a hammock has been cut off, the severed ends of the warp and weft threads are all free to ravel. To secure these warp and weft threads against raveling and to provide means for securing straight ends for suspending the same by are the objects of my invention. These objects are accomplished by the simple and novel construction described in this specification and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in whichA Figure 1 is a plan view of a fragment of the mesh with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective of a hanger-iron for securing the bunches of threads. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the different views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates a fragment of the Mexican mesh, having free severed ends 2 and 3 of warp and weft, respectively. To

secure these ends against raveling, I unite them in pairs by a knot t and pass athread 5 through the contiguous loops so formed,

thereby making a bunch. The threads 5, but one of which is shown, are then united and form suspension means for the hammock. Instead of uniting the ends 2 and 3 in pairs, I may also unite them in bunches 6, composed of several of each kind of ends. When the ends are united in bunches 6, to attach the suspension-threads 5 thereto I prefer to use an iron or eye 7, which forms the second part of my invention. The iron 7 comprises a rectangular body 8, having ears 9 thereon, having perforations 10 therein. The body 8 is trav-- ersed longitudinal by two slots 11, connecting with apertures 12, located opposite each other. The bottom is rounded at 13 to provide a bearing-surface for the thread..

In practice the body 8 is spread by forcing the ears 9 apart and then engaged in a bunch of threads, so that half of the threads in the bunch pass through each of the apertures 12. The body is then sprung back into its initial position and one of the threads 5 passed through the perforations 10 in the ears. One of the irons 7 is used for each bunch 6 of ends.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-Y A hanger-iron for hammocks, comprising a hollow body apertured on opposite sides and having slots joining said apertures, and perforated ears on said body, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ZEBULON L. CHADBOURNE.

Witnesses:

EDWARD DoNAHon, Gno. M. KEANE. 

